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[ kas-kit, kah-skit ] / ˈkæs kɪt, ˈkɑ skɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR casket ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna coffin. a small chest or box, as for jewels. verb (used with object)to put or enclose in a casket. Origin of casket1425–75; late Middle English < ? OTHER WORDS FROM casketcas·ket·like, adjectiveun·cas·ket·ed, adjectiveWords nearby casketcasing knife, casing nail, casino, casita, cask, casket, Caslon, Casoron, Caspar, Casparian strip, Casper Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for casketSitting in chairs staring at the casket are friends, family, and… Kevin Spacey? Kevin Spacey Stars as a Frank Underwood-like Warmonger in ‘Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’|Alec Kubas-Meyer|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was better that he did not look at the casket and grave of John Fitzgerald Kennedy too often. Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns|Jimmy Breslin|November 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST When she came up to the grave at the cemetery, the casket already was in place. Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns|Jimmy Breslin|November 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST A 12-year-old boy who escaped the shooting with his mother introduced himself to Sullivan at the casket viewing. The Superheroes Who Helped Aurora|Daniel Hernandez|July 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
St. Joseph's Abbey opened a casket business in 2007, selling high-end handcrafted cypress caskets to help finance its operations. A Victory Against Big Funeral in Louisiana|Megan McArdle|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST Darling shut the casket and slipped it into an inner breast-pocket of his reefer. The Harbor Master|Theodore Goodridge Roberts Smiths they bade a casket / work full hastily All of gold and silver / that great and strong should be. The Nibelungenlied|Unknown With the casket in her hand, she knelt before the throne, but Aphrodite put out her hand and raised her up. Children of the Dawn|Elsie Finnimore Buckley Then he dashed the casket on the floor with such violence that it broke into fragments. Under the lamp the merchant's children saw a large cloth-covered table, on which stood a casket of bronze. The Galley Slave's Ring|Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for casket
nouna small box or chest for valuables, esp jewels mainly US another name for coffin (def. 1) Word Origin for casketC15: probably from Old French cassette little box; see case ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to casketcase, bin, crate, chest, coffer, carton, pinto, sarcophagus |